Operation Update... finally!

So as you probably know, we had quite the exciting christmas!
I started having abdominal pain at 7 PM on Tuesday night, but thought it was indigestion, or something. It kept getting worse as the night went on. Andrew left for work at 4 am like usual, and I didn't fall back asleep. I waited for a decent hour to call the doctor, and when I finally got ahold of him (8 am), they told me to come in ASAP. Andrew called Rick (his brother) to drive me, and Kelsea to stay with the kids. Dr Dickson was pretty sure it was my appendix, so he called the hospital and arranged a cat scan, and a surgeon, so once we got to the hospital, it went pretty smooth. Rick left the hospital around 10:30 when I was admitted, Andrew came around 12 and at 12:30 I had the cat scan. (then I booted him out cause he had a Christmas party from work at 1, and it was boring in the hospital- I didn't even have a TV in the room!) The surgeon had told me that I was at the end of his list for the day, and it would be a looonnnggg day for me at the hospital, but as soon as they had the results from the cat scan (1:00), I was moved up to surgery and by 2:00 PM I was put under. I guess it must have been worse than they thought! Andrew was back when I woke up (around 3), and by 6:00 PM I was discharged! The pic of me was taken about 5 hrs after the surgery, when I was at home. I am doing okay now. I can't do much, Kyleigh had a sleepover with a friend last night, and Andrew will pick her up on his way home today. It's been an easy day today, so that's good. I can't do too much, the house definatly looks a little neglected- not a disater, but neglected. I'll tidy it up by the end of the week though! :)











I had Andrew pick up the girls right away (rick took them home with him) so we could have a good Christmas still. We had the girls open on gift the night they came home, and then the rest in the morning. They were quite excited, and Kyleigh kept saying "it's everybody's birthday!". It wsa cute. We explained to her that it's Jesus Birthday, but she was still quite confused as to why we had all these presents. Andrew bought a gift for us. He found a picture... I would describe it, but I added a pic of it for you to see. I LOVE it! It's about 16" tall, and 24 " long. Looks good on the wall too!
It snowed here quite a bit! We got b/w 18-24 " of snow! I have not been enjoying it though, and now it's been raining, and I hear there is supposed to be another snow fall soon, so if it freezes... it's gong to be quite the mess.
Well, I will leave you with a few pics, and by the way, I had done 6 loads of laundry the day before the surgery, and they are sitting there on the couch (es) on the pics... it's gone now though!

So, I wanted to post a pic of the quilt I have been making for our bed. The walls are the teal and dark brown, and I was told by alot of people that a black and white quilt would look good, so I went with it. I happened to bump into a lady who has been teaching begginer quilting, and she helped me pick out the material, pattern, and gave me alot of pointers. I was very glad I bumped into her. Here is a pic of one of the squares. I am scarred to get the top done, because I might get anxious, and slap the rest of it together... I haven't actually quilted a quilt together before, I only tacked them, and I actually want to get this one done right. I'm sure I'll get it all figured out!

So our week has been going great! We haven't had as much snow as they predicted, just ALOT of wind. I uess the bellingham, ferndale area got the snow, and we got the wind. Oh well, it sure is cold anyway. We took a pic of us in the snow, it was freezing, we were only out there for about 5 min, and were chilled to the bone!

Here is a pic of Kyleigh. She did a nose plant on the floor yesturday, and insisted on having one of "daddy's stickers" on it to help it feel better. I thought it was sssooo cute, and she was sssoooo sad, that I couldn't resist taking a picture! Well, I heve to head out to the shop and get more firewood in here, it really helps the furnace out, and I like the heat from the wood stove- it's sssooo cozy!
Anyway, I should go now, I have a ton of laundry to catch up on. We wish you all a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and may God continue to bless you in the year 2009!

Nothing much

Hey, so the snow kept Andrew home from work today... I guess it was more like the wind kept him home. He worked out in the shop, boarding up the windows, and playing on his quad. I worked at home, doing the usual, as did the kids. Here are a few pics from Thanksgiving. we had the deMooy side of the family over, I think it was 31 people in all, and it went very well! The kids wern't too noisy, and everyone seemed to have a good time. Anyway, I have to get going, but will be back later!

Another blog!

Yep, I started another one! I decided to make a blog that has all the things that I sell on it, making it easier for people to view, and locals to buy (hopefully!) The new one is karenssewing.blogspot.com Man I'm really getting into this thing hey?

So it was a busy week this week at the DeMooy household. I went out three times this week, and none of it was for christmas shopping! I had that done at the beginning of the month! The stores sure are busy with people! Frustrating when all you want is to buy groceries, and your stuck in a long line up. Next week is better, Jen hopes to come over on thursday, and hopefully sew... this is all weather permitting, cause I just got word (from Jen:))of freezing temps all next week, and lots of wind... scarry. We don't have a vehicle to go out in that kind of weather, so if it does happen I will be home all next week... which means more time to sew... no power failure please! Well, I need to tidy up the house, now, but I will leave you with a few pics. I made the girls each a tutu this week. They love to dance in them, which is what they are doing here. I will also upload a pic of the house last time we took a pic. Thats all for now!

no way... twice in one day???

Yep it's true! But I have an AAAAHHHHH!!!! I looked in our "spare" fridge freezer today- it has a turkey and ham in it- and the freezer stopped working!!! I caught it in time cause the turkey wasn't totally thawed, but I still didn't wantto re-freeze it, so it's in the oven now... wont be done till midnight!! I know it could have been bad, like moldy bad, so I'm gald I caught it. The ham was precooked, and not as thawed as the turkey, so I'm not worried about it. It was still cold, and there was still ice in it, so we definately caught it in time. Anyway, back to the grind stone! 3 more hours till I can go to bed. I'll probably just tackle another sewing project... like a tutu for Kyleigh...

Something new, and hopefully easy?

I decided to try blogspot, because it seems easier than the other ones I've tried. Maybe this time I will keep it up to date since it already seems simple. I went shopping today! In the pickup... with the girls... costco and Target. Went pretty good for the amount of space we had! Man the stores are busy! There's a reason I try to get all my christmas shopping done by end of November. I have been busy starting a new thing... selling items I've sew on ETSY. I have flower girl dresses, nursing covers, mini diaper bags and more on there. It's deffinately interesting! Here are some pics of the stuff I've done. Well, I 'm going to sew now! Should be fun! Karen